The COVID-19 narrative in the United States a year ago was one of hospitalizations, shifting state-by-state regulations, and hoping and waiting for vaccines to emerge, as the country was on the upswing of a second surge of infections. It would be a long wait, and a painful one, with millions more cases and hundreds of […]
UAE Criticizes Current OPEC+ Output Deal as ‘Unfair’
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – The UAE on Sunday criticized the current oil production deal among OPEC+ alliance members as “unfair”, offering to extend the agreement only if its production is reviewed. In a row that could put at risk the energy market’s post-coronavirus recovery, the UAE’s push to increase its production baseline is reported […]
Indonesian Hospital Loses 63 COVID Patients in Oxygen Shortage
Dozens of COVID-19 patients died in Indonesia over the weekend when a hospital in Yogyakarta ran out of oxygen. The Dr. Sardjito General Hospital tried switching oxygen cylinders during the outage but failed to save 63 of its COVID patients as cities across the country are facing a surge in coronavirus cases. “The hospital switched […]
World’s Endangered Asiatic Black Bear and Asian Elephant Found in Cambodia
Endangered Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) and Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) listed in the IUCN red list of threatened species have been spotted in Cambodia’s forests. The good news was shared recently by the Ministry of Environment, adding that the Asiatic black bears and the Asian elephants are present in the protected areas in the […]
Cambodia Records 993 New COVID-19 Cases; Tally 54,291
The daily new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Cambodia was registered at 993; the tally thus increased to 54,291. According to a press release of the Ministry of Health, of the new infections, 214 are imported, and the rest are locally transmitted cases connected to the Feb. 20 Community Event. At the same […]